Health and Public Policy Committee

Charge

Recommend to the Board of Regents College policy regarding national, state or local public policies on issues broadly affecting the health of the public, individual patients, and the practice of medicine.

Composition (15)

Chair, who is a Regent; Vice-Chair, who is a Governor; 11 members, including at least one Regent, at least one Governor, one Resident/Fellow member, one Medical Student, and one Early Career Physician member.

The President and Chair of the Board of Regents are ex officio, voting members.

Terms

Chair, Vice Chair, and members serve one-year terms renewable up to three times for a total of four years, unless extended by the Chair, Board of Regents. The early career physician, medical student and resident/fellow member positions are appointed according to the BOR-approved policy for council appointments.

2023-24 Members

David Hilden, MD, MPH, FACP, Chair (Regent)
Scott F. Davies Endowed Chair of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare
Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, MN
Specialty: Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine
david.hilden@hcmed.org

Micah W. Beachy, DO, FACP, Vice Chair (Governor)
VP, Chief Quality Officer, and Associate Professor
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Specialty: Hospital Medicine
mbeachy@unmc.edu

Jan K. Carney, MD, MPH, MACP (Regent)
Associate Dean for Public Health & Health Policy; Professor of Medicine
Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
South Burlington, VT
Specialty: Internal Medicine
jan.carney@med.uvm.edu

Matt Hollon, MD, MPH, FACP
Clinical Professor
UW School of Medicine -- Gonzaga University Regional Health Partnership
Associate Program Director, Providence IM Residency Spokane
Spokane, WA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
mhollonmdfacp@gmail.com

Cynthia A. Jumper, MD, MPH, MACP
Professor of Internal Medicine
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX  79401
Specialties: Internal Medicine
cynthia.jumper@ttuhsc.edu

Selvam Joseph Mascarenhas, MD, FACP (Governor)
Medical Director and Physician Advisor
Christiana Care CareVIO
Hockessin, DE
Specialty: Internal Medicine
SMascarenhas@Christianacare.org

Jenny R. Silberger, MD, FACP (Governor)
Westside Lead, SNF Program; CCQM Lead and Quality Assurance Physician Consultant
NW Permanente P.C.
Portland, OR
Specialty: Internal Medicine
jennysilberger@gmail.com

Jamar Slocum, MD
Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine
George Washington University School of Medicine
Washington, DC
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Slocumj1@gmail.com

Michael J. Tan, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Professor of Internal Medicine
Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)
Lead Physician, Summa Health Medical Group, Infectious Disease,
Summa Health
Akron, OH
Specialties: Infectious Diseases, IM
medimike1@gmail.com

Elham A. Yousef, MD, MBA, MSC, SFHM, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-5038
Specialty: Internal Medicine
eay28@case.edu

Eileen D. Barrett, MD, MPH, SFHM, MACP (Chair, Board of Regents)
(Ex-officio member)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Albuquerque, NM
Specialty: Internal Medicine
barrett.eileen@gmail.com

Omar T. Atiq, MD, FACP (President)
(Ex-officio member)
Professor of Medicine and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR
Specialty: Oncology/Hematology
otatiq@gmail.com

Haidn Foster, MD (CRFM)
Internal Medicine Resident
Penn State Health
Hummelstown, PA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
haidn@haidnfoster.com

Austin Hoeg (CSM)
Medical Student
University of Minnesota Medical School
St. Paul, MN
Specialty: Internal Medicine
ajhoeg@gmail.com

Ankita Sagar, MD, MPH, FACP (CECP)
Plainview, NY
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Sagar.Ankita@Gmail.com

Staff Liaison: Renee Butkus RButkus@acponline.org